UM Law Professor Bruce J. Winick has been quite active during the fall 2008 semester. The Professor of Law and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences presented several lectures throughout the semester and was appointed to the boards of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law and the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

On August 6, Professor Winick spoke at the Max Planck Institute in Freiberg, Germany, presenting a lecture on “Therapeutic Jurisprudence: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Legal Scholarship and Law Reform.”

On October 17, Professor Winick participated in a program held at the Law School sponsored by the Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education Committee and the Equal Opportunities Law Section called “Out in Court: Thirty Years of Gays and Lesbians in the Legal Profession .”  The program commemorated the 30th anniversary of the 1977 Florida Supreme Court case In re Florida Board of Bar Examiners (Eimers), the first case in the nation to decide that gays could be admitted to the Bar.  During the seminar, Professor Winick, who worked on the Eimers case on behalf of the Florida ACLU, presented a lecture entitled “In re Board of Florida Bar Examiners re Eimers – Thirty Years Later.”

On October 21,  Professor Winick spoke at a program held by  the University’s undergraduate student organization, Outspoken, on the proposed Amendment #2 to the Florida Constitution.

On October 29, Professor Winick presented a lecture entitled “Balance in Legal Education” as part of the Law School’s Wellness Week lecture series.

In addition to his speaking engagements, Professor Winick has been appointed to the Board of Editors of Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, an Australian Interdisciplinary journal. He was also named a member of the Board of Directors of the Miami Lighthouse for the Blind and Visually Impaired.

posted 21-November-2008